After reading about the theories, I became interested in learning more about how the Dependency Theory affects educational systems in periphery countries like Nepal. Periphery countries are those that are less developed than the semi-periphery and core countries. The country of Nepal fits this definition. It is politically unstable, it has a corrupt bureaucracy, there is a lack of industry, and Its political situations have always been compromised because of interference from China, India (Kalam, 2020).

In this very interesting documentary The Most Dangerous Ways to School, the children of Nepal have to travel for more than two hours to get to school. In their travels, they must cross a dangerous river on a cable in a basket. This video also brings to light the economic and social disparities between the rich and the poor.

It is possible for an underdeveloped county to become developed? According to Keynes’ economic approach, in order for a country to become developed it must improve the following: 1.) develop an important internal effective demand in terms of domestic markets; 2)  recognize that the industrial sector is crucial to achieving better levels of national development, especially due to the fact that this sector, in comparison with the agricultural sector, can contribute more value-added to products; 3)  increase worker’s income as a means of generating more aggregate demand in national market conditions. 4. To promote a more effective government role in order to reinforce national development conditions and to increase national standards of living (Reyes, 2020) However, is this possible when the Dependency Theory is designed to benefit core countries?